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Year 5 Science

'Living Things and their Habitats'

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LESSON 1

Overview of lesson

  • Understand the principle of the life cycle

  • Explore the life cycle of an insect (butterfly)
     

Resources provided

  • Vocabulary cards

  • Videoscribe: 'what is a life cycle?'

  • Page of butterfly life cycle stage images

  • Powerpoint: 'the butterfly life cycle'

  • Powerpoint: 'insect life cycles'

You will also need

  • Nothing required

LESSON 2

Overview of lesson

  • Explore the life cycles of an amphibian (frog) and bird (blackbird)

Resources provided

  • Vocabulary cards

  • Powerpoint: 'frogs'

  • Videoscribe: 'frog life cycle'

  • Film: 'blackbird life cycle'

You will also need

  • Pond dipping equipment (if this option is available to you)

LESSON 3

Overview of lesson

  • Understand the basic principle and mechanisms of sexual reproduction in plants

  • Understand the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction
     

Resources provided

  • Vocabulary cards

  • Powerpoint: 'plant diversity'

  • Cards of plant life cycle stages

  • Videoscribe: 'flowering plant life cycle'

  • Flower dissection sheet

  • Powerpoint: 'plant diversity with adaptation labels'

  • Videoscribe: 'sexual/asexual reproduction'

  • Powerpoint: 'spider plant reproduction'

You will also need

  • Flowers to dissect (daffodil - lily - tulip) 

  • Craft knives

  • Cutting boards

Resources provided

  • Vocabulary cards

  • Powerpoint: 'mammals and their young'

You will also need

  • Nothing required

Overview of lesson

  • Understand the basic principle of reproduction in animals

  • Explore the life cycle of a mammal (fox)
     

Overview of lesson

  • Extended project ideas

LESSON 4

LESSON 5

Lesson 4 - click here for full lesson plan and resources
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